Physicist at the CNRS Thierry Dauxois poses for a photograph during a visit by France's President to the European Forum on Computing Power, Quantum Sciences and Technologies, and Semiconductors at the Very Large Computing Centre of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Bruyeres-le-Châtel, south of Paris on May 22, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Physicist at the CNRS Thierry Dauxois poses for a photograph during a visit by France's President to the European Forum on Computing Power, Quantum Sciences and Technologies, and Semiconductors at the Very Large Computing Centre of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Bruyeres-le-Châtel, south of Paris on May 22, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Thie general view shows transmission chips assembled by Bule during a visit by France's President to the European Forum on Computing Power, Quantum Sciences and Technologies, and Semiconductors at the Very Large Computing Centre of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Bruyeres-le-Châtel, south of Paris on May 22, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph shows a general view of the 'Alice recoque super calculator site' during a visit by France's President to the European Forum on Computing Power, Quantum Sciences and Technologies, and Semiconductors at the Very Large Computing Centre of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Bruyeres-le-Châtel, south of Paris on May 22, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph shows a general view of the 'Alice recoque super calculator site' during a visit by France's President to the European Forum on Computing Power, Quantum Sciences and Technologies, and Semiconductors at the Very Large Computing Centre of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Bruyeres-le-Châtel, south of Paris on May 22, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Thie general view shows a section of Quandela's photonic quantum computer "Lucy" during a visit by France's President to the European Forum on Computing Power, Quantum Sciences and Technologies, and Semiconductors at the Very Large Computing Centre of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Bruyeres-le-Châtel, south of Paris on May 22, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Thie general view shows a technician walking alongside the 'Alice recoque super calculator site' during a visit by France's President to the European Forum on Computing Power, Quantum Sciences and Technologies, and Semiconductors at the Very Large Computing Centre of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Bruyeres-le-Châtel, south of Paris on May 22, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

France's President Emmanuel Macron looks on during a visit to the European Forum on Computing Power, Quantum Sciences and Technologies, and Semiconductors at the Very Large Computing Centre of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Bruyeres-le-Chatel, south of Paris on May 22, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)